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rtORTl CULTURE 



December. 11, 190» 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



James Mapes, the Rustic Work and 

 Natural Foliage expert at Clayton, N. 

 J., is having an excellent demand at 

 present for window boxes, laurel and 

 pine branches, and other materials for 

 rustic effects. 



Berger Bros, are exhibiting a new 

 pink rose from Stockton & Howe, 

 Princeton, N. J., said to be larger and 

 finer than Bridesmaid. Our opinion 

 and further particulars will be forth- 

 coming soon. 



Leo Niessen Co. — especially the ju- 

 nior member of the firm, Arthur Nies- 

 sen — are keen admirers of John Cook 

 of Baltimore, and look with especial 

 interest on his latest new rose, "Ra- 

 diance," which they think is bound to 

 create a great sensation in the near 

 future. 



Edwin Lonsdale reports from Lom- 

 poc, Cal.: "All well and family set- 

 tled on the Burpee Seed Farm Decem- 

 ber 1st." Some views and reviews from 

 his experience there we hope to pub- 

 lish as soon as space permits. Mrs. 

 Lonsdale's health has already im- 

 proved wonderfully in the glorious cli- 

 mate. 



We regret to report that our veteran 

 horticulturist, W. K. Harris, has not 

 grown any stronger during the past 

 month or two. His old friend, Robert 

 Craig, was over to see him last Sun- 

 day (December 5) and found him 

 cheerful of spirit and as indomitable 

 as ever; but very weak and wasted 

 physically. Many other friends, the 

 leading horticultural lights of our com- 

 munity, are frequent and anxious visi- 

 tors these days. 



The Michell Purity Aster which we 

 illustrate herewith has attracted con- 

 siderable attention in the wholesale 

 flower markets during the past season. 

 We understand that the Michell Co. 

 are to introduce it in 1910. It is espe- 

 cially desirable for cutting on account 

 of long, strong stems and branching 

 habit. The flowers are of excellent 

 form and texture and snow white. We 

 are informed that tor freedom of bloom 

 there are few strains on the market 

 today that can approach this. 



"Ha! Ha! Mr. Rice, I fool you once! 

 I open your book at the right page. 

 So send along that clothes brush to 

 yours truly. — Kansas." "My dear Mr. 

 Rice: I found the page all right. It's 

 at . I need that clothes brush ; 



also a wash boiler. Ship same at once 



to yours truly, , Buffalo." These 



are samples of some of the entertain- 

 ing replies received by M. Rice & Co. 



MicHKLL Purity At>TiiR 



to their "follow up letter" for their 

 new catalog. We may mention that 

 the brush is a good one. and that this 

 office had no difficulty in finding the 

 page and the phrase. 



Godfrey Aschmann remains a hardy 

 perennial in our midst. He can show 

 his guests around and talk to them 

 as his advertisements entertainingly 

 indicate. "Great statesmen may die; 

 great financiers may die; even God- 

 frey Aschmann may die — but bis 

 plants live on forever!" That's one 

 of Godfrey's own phrases — quoted with 

 glee by one of Godfrey's rivals in the 

 plant business of Philadelphia. So 

 you see it's the City of Brotherly Love 

 all right. 



nock and C. E. Meohan of Pennock- 

 Meehan Co., Pliiladelphia; W. J. 

 Palmer and Mrs. Palmer, Buffalo, N. 

 Y. 



Visitors in Boston: James Comont, 

 representing Carter, Dunnett & Beale, 

 London, Eng.; Robert Paterson, Port 

 Jefferson, N. Y.; B. O. Orpet, South 

 Lancaster, Mass.; Ed. Roehrs, Ruth- 

 erford, N. J.; A. Zirkman, represent- 

 ing M. Rice & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; 

 E. Andre, Trinidad, B. W. I.; E. J. 

 Harmon, Portland, Me. 



PERSONAL. 



Christian Rosenquist, a florist and 

 gardener, ot Oakland, Cal., has been 

 committed to the Stockton Asylum for 

 the insane. 



Charles W. Smith, for many years 

 secretary of the Rhode Island Horti- 

 cultural Society, is seriously ill at his 

 home, 3 9 Angell street. Providence, 

 While his advanced age is looked up- 

 on by his attending physician as un- 

 favorable to his speedy recovery, 

 hopes are entertained that he will be 

 able to attend to his vsval duties in a 

 short time. 



Visitors in New York: S. S. Pen- 



